While the advantage of digital records has long been proved, some of our nation's city councils are yet to transfer from paper to paperless. Massive Investment Justified Bangor City Council, Maine has voted for what many feel the long overdue proposal to convert from...
Major Areas in Healthcare Outsourcing – IT and Clinical Services
The healthcare industry today needs the services of highly specialized healthcare IT professionals due to penetration of new technologies, healthcare reform implementation and the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The domination of technology, both in the medical and...
Digitizing Cultural Heritage – The Valkema Project
Advancements in digital technology are empowering cultural institutions including museums, libraries, archives, and historical societies, allowing them to accomplish their public mission of access, preservation, research, and education. Following digitization of their...
Digitization of Special Collections
Digitizing manuscripts, rare books and other special collections artifacts has become the norm. Libraries and museums are embracing digitization as a means to improve accessibility to rare and unique works, allowing professional researchers to view, read and analyze...
How to Obtain High Quality OCR Document Conversion
Libraries, museums and archives around the world are increasingly looking to digitize valuable materials available in printed and handwritten formats. With digitization, it is also possible to preserve heritage and scientific resources, create new educational...
Digitization of Historic Newspapers on a Growth Trajectory
Many national and local programs have been implemented in recent times for chronicling historical newspapers via digitization. Projects that have made headlines include those in Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, California and North Carolina. Here are the highlights of...
How Mobile Application Development Can be Beneficial for Businesses
Undoubtedly, mobile technology is something that makes the world more connected. Many marketers consider ‘mobile’ as an effective tool to enhance business and retain customers. Through mobile applications, businesses can get to know more about customer choices and...
Novel Modalities Speed Up Digitization of Museum Collections
The application of digital technology has affected nearly every aspect of museum services, right from the digitization of physical collections to the automation of internal cataloging. Novel scanning and document conversion modalities are transforming historic...
Digitization of Rare Maps Helps Preserve History
Old maps are very useful for environmental, past industrial and genealogical studies and also helps teach history to the public. Maps express the natural distribution of space as well as social, cultural and economic information. They can provide great insights to the...
Digitization of Historical Manuscripts Now a Global Trend
Institutions across the world are digitizing centuries-old manuscripts in the hope to preserve them and make them available for historians and researchers. Digitization is transforming ways in which people discover information and conduct research as computerized...